The rich, red sand of outback Australia, the azure blues of the ocean near where I live, patterns on a tree trunk left behind by peeling bark or the colours of a sunrise playing across the rock faces on the mountains.

These are what inspire me to paint!

My style? From Expressionism right through to pure Abstract!

I don't paint photo realism but rather an interpretation of what

I see and feel about the subject.

Naturally formed textures, rhythms, pattern and colour are what I look for and the materials and the layering of specialized Mixed media techniques reflect this.

My hope is to communicate a Place, a Time or Memory that sparks a connection between

“Her paintings are rich in their associations with nature and natural forces without being obviously derivative. She tells us that it is her hope to communicate a place, a time, a memory that sparks the connection between painting and viewer. This is a tall order in these days of overt individual artistic expression, yet somehow her work succeeds in doing just that. Her techniques involve careful layering of colour and discursive markings that are always complimentary and conclusive to the whole vision. A walk along the beach or through the rainforest is captured exquisitely in the open stretches of variegated colour or a densely textured area of tonal values.

I have had the pleasure and privilege of visiting Olivia Alexander at her home and studio on the coast South of Sydney. Here I discovered an unexpected richness of creative force that seemed to echo every aspect of the coastal countryside of her environment. Here was a true creative spirit that had been moulded and projected by the rough and smooth elements of Australian nature. Here was work that was immediate in its seduction while at the same time insidious in its disturbance. Here were paintings that are at once both uncompromising and yet very accessible through their subtlety of depth and colour. Here is a new truth of expression that is already proving its worth to many across the globe.

Olivia has exhibited with real success in many groups, dual and solo shows in Australia. Her work has been well received in the United Arab Emirates, Italy, Las Vegas, and, especially lately, Paris. Also, her tutorials have attracted strong interest as well as attention from national art magazines who have interviewed her extensively.

She is currently working towards a large exhibition in Sydney titled ‘Songs For Sydney’ and as we observe the new paintings that emerge from her studio, particularly canvases like ‘Lightning Strikes Once’, Rising From The Ashes’ and ‘Sydney Town’, we can only be amazed at the sheer force and beauty of her production. I am totally confident that such work will quickly find a new and grateful audience. “